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A Director's Take on Talley and Son

Director Risa Brainin
Director Risa Brainin

The Kansas City Actors Theatre or K-CAT continues productions of Lanford Wilson's Talley plays with the recent addition of the final play in the trilogy: Talley and Son. By Laura Spencer

Kansas City, MO – The plays about the Talley family of Lebanon, Missouri are performed in rotating repertory, and each is set on or around Independence Day: Talley's Folly, and Talley and Son in 1944, and Fifth of July in 1977. KCUR?s Laura Spencer recently talked to Talley and Son director Risa Brainin about the production.

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